Separable button.



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UNITED STATES NPAT-ENT OFFICE.v

HENRY R. SIEVERKROPP, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,793, dated July 29,1902. Application led September 30| 1901- Serial No. 77,115. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. SIEVER- KROPP, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State ofWisconsin, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements inSeparable Buttons; `and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof. t

My invention has for its object to provide simple, economical, separablebuttons, made in some instances with especial reference to having thecap-section thereof attachable to neckties, said invention consisting incertain peculiarities of construction and combination of partshereinafter particularly set forth with reference to the accompanyingdrawings and subsequently claimed.

Figure l of the drawings represents an elevation of a separable buttonin accordance with my invention, partly in section, on the planeindicated by line 1 l in the second iigure; and Fig. 2, a sectional viewof the capsection of said button on the plane indicated by line 2 2 inthe first ligure.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates the backplate, and Bthe shank, of my improved separable button, said plate and shank beingintegral or otherwise rigid one with the other. The shank is made with aforward annular bead h and fiat tongue c, the tongue being provided withopposite edge notches. The cap-section of the button comprises anannular shell C, an annular seat d in the shell, and a disk D, held onthe seat by an inturned ange of the shell-wall, the back of said shelland the disk bein g each provided with an aperture for the engagement ofthe shank-tongue. A pair of levers E are fulcrumed intermediate of theireX- tremities in notches of the shell-wall and in ner seat of thecap-section of the button, as shown in Fig. 2, and a piece ofspring-wire F, coiled at c, is bent and set in said buttonsection tohave its ends press against said levers adjacent to their fulcrums. Thelevers have inner and outer shoulders ff', as shown in Fig. 2, toprevent them from slipping in or out of the cap-section of the button,and said levers engage the notches in the shankinocngue aforesaid whensaid button is assem- To assemble the button, its cap-section is slippedon the shank-tongue of the other section, and the levers in saidcap-section automatically engage the notches in said tongue. To separatethe button, the outer ends of the levers are pressed toward each otherto disengage their inner ends from the notches in the aforesaidshank-tongue of the other section and said cap section slipped off saidtongue.

The button-shank being engaged with buttonholes its bead h preventsaccidental disengagement from said holes, even though the cap-section ofthe button be notimmediately engaged with said shank,and,as hereinshown, said cap-section may have a clasp-pin G soldered or otherwiserigidly secured thereto for attachment to a necktie.

' When the cap-section of the button is provided with means for itsattachment to a necktie, said button is intended for a collar button ina shirt, and it is obvious that said necktie, with said cap-section ofthe aforesaid button, can be readily put in place and as readilyremoved. The collar is held on the button-shank back of the bead ofsame, and both hands of the wearer are free to manipulate thecap-section of the button and a necktie in connection therewith. Thenecktie having been made up -in a bow or knot and pinned or otherwiseconnected to the capsection of the button it need not be again made up,and said bow or knot may be made permanent by stitching or other meansto serve until too much worn or soiled.

Having thus described myinvention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. .A separable button comprising a back and shank section, the shankbeing provided with a forward annular bead and a flat tongue havingopposite edge notches; a tongue-engaging capsection consisting of anannular shell provided with an inner annular seat and a disk heldbetween the seat and an inturned shell-ange, a pair of levers fulcrumedintermediate of their extremities in notches of the shell-wall and saidseat to have engagement with the tongue=notches, and-a spring-wirearranged in said cap-section of the button to have its ends press thelevers adjacent to their fulcrums.

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2. A separable button comprising a back and shank section, the shankbeing provided with a forward annular bead and a flat tongue havingopposite edge notches; a tongue-en- 5 gaging cap-section consisting ofan annular shell provided with an inner annular seat and a disk heldbetween the seat and an inturned shell-flange, a pair ofspring-controlled levers fulcrumed intermediate of their extremities 1oin notches of the shell-wall and said seat to have engagement with thetongue-notches,

and means in connection with said cap-seo! tion' for attachment of sameto a necktie.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atRacine, in the 15 county of Racine and Stateof Wisconsin, in thepresence of two Witnesses.

HENRY R. SIEVERKROPP.

Witnesses:

C. R. CARPENTER, JOHN H. HAPP.

